Far from it.
While the stadium may pass the parliament, the fight against it is only gearing up. Groups are already forming to fight this proposal in new ways. People are angry.
And that’s because the massive problems the stadium creates will only worsen along with the state budget, as the full extent of this disastrous proposal and its impact on every Tasmanian’s life becomes more and more apparent. We will see stadium taxes, more stadium job cuts and more stadium service cuts in Treasurer Eric Abetz’s May 2026 budget, and even more cuts in his May 2027 budget.
That’s why this issue is red hot in the Labor party, in unions, in welfare groups, and in business circles.
Parliament can permit the stadium to be built, but it cannot legislate reality to be different. And at some point reality will doom this unaffordable stadium.
The Gunns’ pulp mill was approved by parliament in 2007. It was never built. And Gunns does not exist any longer, either.
